SUVs gaining market share in Europe – Just-auto: Analysis by JATO of new car sales figures for the five largest national markets in Europe – Germany, UK, Italy, France and Spain – shows that Q1 sales totalled 2.89m units, some 8% ahead of last year. JATO said that strong sales of SUVs continued, with SUVs seeing sales growth of 22% during March, and an overall 25% increase in Q1 of 2016.